Major design firms have set up the starting blocks and are ready to begin the sprint for a rapidly expanded marketplace. After the election of Donald Trump, companies report positive signs in most markets. Early economic news has been encouraging, as job creation in the private sector spiked in the first quarter of 2017. But the failure of the president and Congress to agree on a health-care reform package and a tax-cut program has many firms worrying that it may be a while before the starting gun goes off.

Many large designers say the current market continues to be healthy and believe it will stay that way in the near term. Some firms point to early indications that clients, particularly on the private-sector side, think the new administration will cut taxes and regulations, encouraging new capital investments. Further, Trump’s vow to aid in the rebuilding of U.S. infrastructure have those in the public sector anxious to get started. All this points to a continued strong construction market. However, many of the top U.S. design firms are adopting a “wait-and-see” attitude.

The table below shows only rankings and firm name. For complete data from the Top 500 Design Firms list see the following links.

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Companies are ranked according to revenue for design services performed in 2016 in $ millions (*). Those with subsidiaries are indicated by (†). For information on subsidiaries and where each firm worked outside of the U.S., see www.enr.com.

**Firms not ranked last year. Some markets may not add up to 100% due to omission of “other” miscellaneous market category and rounding. NA-Not available.

Key to type of Firm: A=architect; E=engineer; EC=engineer-contractor; AE=architect-engineer; EA=engineer-architect; ENV=environmental; GE=geotechnical engineer; L=landscape architect; P=planner; O=other. Other combinations possible. Firms classified themselves.

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2017 ENR Top 500 Design Firms

Rank 2017	Rank 2016	Firm	Firm Type
101	105	KPFF CONSULTING ENGINEERS, Seattle, Wash.	E
102	94	GEI CONSULTANTS INC., Woburn, Mass.	E
103	101	MOFFATT & NICHOL, Long Beach, Calif.†	E
104	97	PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE INC., Washington, D.C.	AE
105	111	JENSEN HUGHES INC., Baltimore, Md.†	E
106	116	OLSSON ASSOCIATES, Lincoln, Neb.	E
107	119	SSOE GROUP, Toledo, Ohio†	EA
108	98	BRAUN INTERTEC, Bloomington, Minn.	GE
109	96	FOTH COS., De Pere, Wis.†	E
110	124	WOOLPERT INC, Dayton, Ohio	AEG
111	103	GAI CONSULTANTS, Homestead, Pa.†	E
112	133	AFFILIATED ENGINEERS INC., Madison, Wis.	E
113	88	BURROW GLOBAL LLC, Houston, Texas†	EA
114	113	SIMPSON GUMPERTZ & HEGER, Waltham, Mass.	E
115	125	HALEY & ALDRICH INC., Burlington, Mass.†	E
116	127	MORRISON HERSHFIELD, Atlanta, Ga.†	EA
117	118	IMEG/KJWW/TTG, Rock Island, Ill.†	E
118	112	WHITMAN, REQUARDT AND ASSOCIATES LLP, Baltimore, Md.	EA
119	114	WISS, JANNEY, ELSTNER ASSOCIATES, Northbrook, Ill.	EA
120	123	OBG, Syracuse, N.Y.	EC
121	128	LJA ENGINEERING INC., Houston, Texas†	E
122	134	GZA, Norwood, Mass.†	EC
123	117	MERRICK & CO., Greenwood Village, Colo.	EA
124	107	AMBITECH ENGINEERING CORP., Downers Grove, Ill.	EC
125	121	CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS INC., Pittsburgh, Pa.	E
126	139	SHORT-ELLIOTT-HENDRICKSON INC. (SEH), St. Paul, Minn.	E
127	126	ALFRED BENESCH & CO., Chicago, Ill.	E
128	131	HAKS, New York, N.Y.	EA
129	132	BARR ENGINEERING CO., Minneapolis, Minn.	E
130	122	KADRMAS, LEE & JACKSON INC. (KLJ), Bismarck, N.D.	E
131	150	MASER CONSULTING PA, Red Bank, N.J.	E
132	135	DLZ CORP., Columbus, Ohio†	EA
133	230	POND, Peachtree Corners, Ga.	AEC
134	102	SURVEYING AND MAPPING LLC (SAM), Austin, Texas	O
135	172	DAY & ZIMMERMANN, Philadelphia, Pa.†	AE
136	143	FREESE AND NICHOLS INC., Fort Worth, Texas	EA
137	110	ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT INC., Lancaster, N.Y.†	ENV
138	144	IPS-INTEGRATED PROJECT SERVICES LLC, Blue Bell, Pa.†	EA
139	130	EA ENG’G, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INC. PBC, Hunt Valley, Md.	ENV
140	140	HUITT-ZOLLARS INC., Dallas, Texas	EA
141	151	MEAD & HUNT INC., Middleton, Wis.	EA
142	152	BROWN & GAY ENGINEERS INC. DBA BGE INC., Houston, Texas	E
143	136	PSOMAS, Los Angeles, Calif.	E
144	148	HALFF ASSOCIATES INC., Richardson, Texas	EA
145	158	PAPE-DAWSON ENGINEERS INC., San Antonio, Texas	E
146	138	SYSKA HENNESSY GROUP, New York, N.Y.†	E
147	157	KENNEDY/JENKS CONSULTANTS INC., San Francisco, Calif.	E
148	169	FLAD ARCHITECTS, Madison, Wis.†	AE
149	160	TECTONIC ENG’G & SURVEYING CONSULTANTS PC, Mountainville, N.Y.†	E
150	149	C&S COS., Syracuse, N.Y.	EA
151	129	VANDERWEIL ENGINEERS, Boston, Mass.	E
152	153	WALTER P MOORE, Houston, Texas	E
153	145	GPD GROUP, Akron, Ohio	AE
154	141	MIDDOUGH INC., Cleveland, Ohio	EA
155	142	HENDERSON ENGINEERS INC., Lenexa, Kan.	E
156	154	MCCORMICK TAYLOR INC., Philadelphia, Pa.	E
157	175	BKF ENGINEERS, Redwood City, Calif.	E
158	147	SWCA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS, Phoenix, Ariz.	ENV
159	156	ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS, Boston, Mass.	A
160	146	ATWELL LLC, Southfield, Mich.†	EC
161	179	BOLTON & MENK INC., Mankato, Minn.	E
162	178	HMC ARCHITECTS, Los Angeles, Calif.	A
163	155	CLARK NEXSEN INC., Virginia Beach, Va.	AE
164	171	MESA ASSOCIATES INC., Madison, Ala.	EA
165	186	WESTON & SAMPSON, Peabody, Mass.†	E
166	174	GARVER, North Little Rock, Ark.	E
167	166	GREELEY AND HANSEN, Chicago, Ill.†	E
168	251	RSP ARCHITECTS, Minneapolis, Minn.	A
169	198	LPA INC., Irvine, Calif.	AE
170	177	KTGY ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING, Irvine, Calif.†	A
171	161	BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP, Chantilly, Va.	E
172	183	LITTLE, Charlotte, N.C.	AE
173	162	THE BURKE GROUP LTD., Rosemont, Ill.†	E
174	182	JONES|CARTER, Houston, Texas	E
175	203	AMERICAN STRUCTUREPOINT, Indianapolis, Ind.	EA
176	159	RCM TECHNOLOGIES INC., Pennsauken, N.J.†	E
177	187	NEEL-SCHAFFER, Jackson, Miss.†	E
178	180	STRAND ASSOCIATES INC., Madison, Wis.	EA
179	176	DOWL, Anchorage, Alaska	E
180	167	ROBERT A.M. STERN ARCHITECTS, New York, N.Y.	A
181	207	PBK, Houston, Texas	AE
182	202	CUNINGHAM GROUP ARCHITECTURE INC., Minneapolis, Minn.	A
183	**	BURGESS & NIPLE INC., Columbus, Ohio	EA
184	165	ANVIL CORP., Bellingham, Wash.	E
185	**	ARQUITECTONICA, Miami, Fla.	A
186	231	HARDESTY & HANOVER LLC, New York, N.Y.	E
187	205	WARE MALCOMB, Irvine, Calif.	AE
188	208	HARLEY ELLIS DEVEREAUX (HED), Southfield, Mich.	AE
189	194	AKRF INC., New York, N.Y.	E/ENV
190	170	FARNSWORTH GROUP INC., Bloomington, Ill.	EA
191	197	STUDIOS ARCHITECTURE, Washington, D.C.	A
192	244	PARTNER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE INC., Torrance, Calif.	ENV
193	192	HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC., Springfield, Ill.†	E
194	196	T&M ASSOCIATES, Middletown, N.J.	E
195	199	ELECTRICAL CONSULTANTS INC., Billings, Mont.†	E
196	189	EWINGCOLE, Philadelphia, Pa.	AE
197	163	WATG + WIMBERLY INTERIORS, Irvine, Calif.†	A
198	221	COFFMAN ENGINEERS INC., Seattle, Wash.	E
199	201	BARGE, WAGGONER, SUMNER AND CANNON INC., Nashville, Tenn.	EA
200	215	LS3P, Charleston, S.C.	A